Welcome to the Australian Institute of Certified Bookkeepers' web site. This is the largest bookkeeping institute in the world with in excess of 150,000 students and members and is currently registering more than two hundred new people every week.

The Institute of Certified Bookkeepers exists to promote the role of the bookkeeper in commerce and industry. It supports members in employment or in public practice. It recognises the bookkeeper as a professional and accepts only the very highest standards. Above all membership is about finding work, winning clients and improving career prospects. 

The Institute awards grades of membership which reflect academic achievement and professional experience. We admit only the best.

Double-entry bookkeeping is the foundation on which the whole financial industry is structured. Invented more than five-hundred years ago by Luca Pacioli it is as important today as it was all those years ago. Businesses, whatever their size, must keep good financial records if they are to grow and be successful. It is this Institute’s role to ensure that the bookkeeper's part in this is properly recognised and rewarded. 

The rapid growth of the Institute is evidence of the need for a world-wide organisation for bookkeepers and by joining the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers you will be part of an international movement which will enhance your professional standing and recognition and link you to more than one-hundred-thousand fellow bookkeepers across the globe.

We look forward to welcoming you into membership and supporting you throughout your career in bookkeeping.



Garry Carter
Chairman ICBGlobal